HP 500B Microtower

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics7.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP 500B Microtower  (all builds)
MotherboardFOXCONN 2A8C
Memory2.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 22 '21 at 08:29
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
46.5% Average
Memory 79.1
1-Core 43.1
2-Core 85.7
46% 69.3 Pts
4-Core 84.8
8-Core 84.6
11% 84.7 Pts
64-Core 85.7
5% 85.7 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 46.5%
Great: 47%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670
Sapphire(174B E194) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
7.04% Terrible
Lighting 9
Reflection 9.8
Parallax 7.6
7% 8.8 fps
MRender 9.4
Gravity 6.9
Splatting 7.6
6% 7.97 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.04%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 35 22 79 86 90 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
37.4% Below average
Read 75
Write 42.7
Mixed 50.3
SusWrite 55.2
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
164% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 37.4%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905471-001.A01LF Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 4GB
1066, 1066 MHz
2048, 2048 MB
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
22.8% Poor
MC Read 8.2
MC Write 6.5
MC Mixed 6.6
20% 7.1 GB/s
SC Read 6.8
SC Write 6.4
SC Mixed 6.6
19% 6.6 GB/s
Latency 82.3
49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 22.8%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 500B Microtower Builds (Compare 178 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk

System: HP 500B Microtower

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